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Join anglers, sportsmen and salmon-lovers from across the country who care about protecting Bristol Bay's world-class salmon and trout fisheries. Share your Bristol Bay fishing stories, stay up-to-date on the latest news and learn about ways you can help. Its never been more important for people across the country to speak up for Bristol Bay.

About the Bristol Bay Ambassadors Series
The fight to protect Bristol Bay is about more than a giant mine, or even salmon…it's about people, and families and community. It’s about overcoming challenges, standing up for what is right, and believing that together we can achieve results that last far... [ READ MORE... ]

A good day fishing in Bristol Bay. Photo submitted by Pat Vermillion
By Jenny Lynes
Foreword by Nelli Williams, Deputy Director, Trout Unlimited's Alaska Program
I can think of no better person to kick-off the Bristol Bay Ambassadors series than Pat Vermillion. I first met Pat several years... [ READ MORE... ]

Sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Photo by Jim Klug
By: Jenny Lynes
After the strong EPA comment period last summer and an overwhelming result of a Ballot initiative in the midterm election, there is no question that Alaskans want Pebble Mine stopped and Bristol Bay protected. Incredibly,... [ READ MORE... ]

By Jenny Lynes
By now, many of you have seen the news that a Federal Judge in Alaska issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to stop moving forward on issuing protections for Bristol Bay under the Clean Water Act. The court decision puts the Clean Water Act... [ READ MORE... ]

Bristol Bay River Academy Students prepare for a day on the water. Iliamna, Alaska.
By Jenny Lynes
Bristol Bay, Alaska is home to the world’s richest commercial and sport salmon fisheries, the state’s only designated “Trophy Rainbow Trout” area, and is also home to communities of Alaska Natives who... [ READ MORE... ]

EPA Hearing in Anchorage, AK
By Jenny Lynes
We heard lots of powerful testimony at the EPA hearings concerning the Pebble Mine this summer. Hundreds of Alaskans spoke up to share with the EPA why they do not support mines like Pebble in Bristol Bay.
We created this video with some pieces of... [ READ MORE... ]

Travis Rummel holding a rainbow trout while shooting footage for "Red Gold" in Bristol Bay. Photo by Ben Knight
By Jenny Lynes
A lot has happened this summer on the Bristol Bay front. We wanted to provide a brief update for those of you who want to know the latest!
Under authority granted in the... [ READ MORE... ]

This is it folks. This Friday marks the last and final opportunity to make sure its crystal clear that sportsmen and women want cool, clean, fish filled waters in Bristol Bay...not a giant mine.
If you have not already done so, please take a minute to comment today and help protect the world’s... [ READ MORE... ]

TU has asked you time and again to comment in order to protect a place that few people from the Lower 48 have had the opportunity to see for themselves. We’ve asked you to take our word for the fact that Bristol Bay is a beautiful, unique, thriving fishery. (In Feone to see it for him or herself. (... [ READ MORE... ]